Definition of pillar

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Pillar (n.) The general and popular term for a firm, upright, insulated support for a superstructure; a pier, column, or post; also, a column or shaft not supporting a superstructure, as one erected for a monument or an ornament..

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Osculant :: Osculant (a.) Adhering closely; embracing; -- applied to certain creeping animals, as caterpillars..
Canopy :: Canopy (n.) Also, a rooflike covering, supported on pillars over an altar, a statue, a fountain, etc..
Columella :: Columella (n.) The central pillar or axis of the calicles of certain corals.
Support :: Support (n.) That which upholds, sustains, or keeps from falling, as a prop, a pillar, or a foundation of any kind..
Columella :: Columella (n.) The upright pillar in the axis of most univalve shells.
Fauces :: Fauces (n.pl.) The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue; -- called also the isthmus of the fauces. On either side of the passage two membranous folds, called the pillars of the fauces, inclose the tonsils..
Impost :: Impost (n.) The top member of a pillar, pier, wall, etc., upon which the weight of an arch rests..
Thurst :: Thurst (n.) The ruins of the fallen roof resulting from the removal of the pillars and stalls.
Papillous :: Papillous (a.) Papillary; papillose.
Papillar :: Papillar (a.) Same as Papillose.
Cog :: Cog (n.) One of the rough pillars of stone or coal left to support the roof of a mine.
Wicket :: Wicket (n.) The space between the pillars, in postand-stall working..
Vasodentine :: Vasodentine (n.) A modified form of dentine, which is permeated by blood capillaries; vascular dentine..
Stele :: Stela (n.) A small column or pillar, used as a monument, milestone, etc..
Orgyia :: Orgyia (n.) A genus of bombycid moths whose caterpillars (esp. those of Orgyia leucostigma) are often very injurious to fruit trees and shade trees. The female is wingless. Called also vaporer moth.
Decastyle :: Decastyle (n.) A portico having ten pillars or columns in front.
Intercolumnar :: Intercolumnar (a.) Between columns or pillars; as, the intercolumnar fibers of Poupart's ligament; an intercolumnar statue..
Worm :: Worm (n.) A creeping or a crawling animal of any kind or size, as a serpent, caterpillar, snail, or the like..
Isabella Moth :: Isabella moth () A common American moth (Pyrrharctia isabella), of an isabella color. The larva, called woolly bear and hedgehog caterpillar, is densely covered with hairs, which are black at each end of the body, and red in the middle part..
Footstall :: Footstall (n.) The plinth or base of a pillar.
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